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The Christopherus
The essential guide to Waldorf-inspired homeschooling! 240 pages, $55 |
From Nature Stories to Natural
Science: A practical guide to the Waldorf approach to science for home educators: covers K through 8th grade 150 pages, $38 |
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Learning
About the World An unbelievably rich resource for first grade through high school: highly recommended! Click here for more details. 230 pages, $24 |
Painting A detailed look at painting and drawing in the Waldorf curriculum. 215 pages + CD, $18 |
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Drawing A basic guide to Waldorf methods of drawing – includes 7 full color pages. 37 pages, $22 |
Form Drawing
Fully-illustrated step-by-step instructions for beginning form drawing. 41 pages, $22 |
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Living Language: A comprehensive and detailed curriculum for Grades 1 - 5. In-depth teaching advice, lesson plans and strategies for children of differing abilities in writing, reading, grammar, handwriting and spelling. 300 pages, $105.00 |
Joyful Movement A treasure trove of ideas and activities, songs and movement games 100+ pages, $25 |
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Painting This book is a lovely introduction for people new to Waldorf wet-on-wet watercolor painting. 48 pages, $15.95 |
Saints and Heroes All you need to put together a Saints and Heroes Main Lesson block 50 pages, $22 |
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Second Grade Curriculum A full year of main lesson, practice lesson and Circle Time math for second grade. Includes painting lessons and full color pictures. More information and excerpts here. 60 pages, $35 |
Animal Legends Everything you need to put together an animal legends main lesson. Includes full color pictures. More information and excerpts here. 40 pages, $22 |
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Third Grade Curriculum
Old Testament Stories: The manual contains 24 pages of text (including a short play, Joseph and His Brothers) plus full-page pictures, including 10 full-color reproductions of watercolor paintings. More information and excerpts here $35.00 |
Fourth Grade Curriculum Mathematics A complete math curriculum for 4th grade. 67 pages + 45 tear-out worksheets + Key to Measurement workbooks 1 & 2 + Key to Fractions workbooks 1 & 2. More information and excerpts here $50.00 |
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Earth, Water, Fire An invaluable resource for a playful exploration of the 4 elements in Nature. We tied this book in with a first exploration into physical science in our 4th grade curriculum. See here for more information. 116 pages, $16.95 |
The Human Being and the Animal World
In-depth guidance and lesson plans to put
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two 4th grade main lesson blocks, 57 pages, $25 |
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D'Aulaires' Book of An exuberant, larger-than-life book which captures the hearty glory of the legends of the Norse people. Part of our 4th grade curriculum. See here for more information. Color hardback, $24.95 |
Fifth Grade
The arithmetic component of our 5th grade
curriculum comprises a Christopherus guide to be used in conjunction
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String, Straightedge by Julia Diggins A colorful narrative that brings geometry to life for 5th and 6th grade. See here for more information. 155 pages, $16.95 |
Botany Bundle
Christopherus' Botany book in a
revised 2nd edition + Charles Kovacs' Botany. Essential for 5th
grade botany. Books can also be purchased separately. 2 books, $34 |
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Ancient Mythology: In-depth guidance, lesson plans and stories for a 6-week main lesson. Part of our 5th grade curriculum. Purchase our Ancient Mythology bundle or separate components: more information here |
D'Aulaires' Book of The exciting stories of Greek gods and heroes, lavishly illustrated in the D'Aulaires' distinctive style. Part of our 5th grade curriculum. See here for more information. Color hardback, $24.95 |
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Ancient Greece The stories of Greek gods and heroes, as well as the beginnings of Greek history. Part of our 5th grade curriculum. See here for more information. 174 pages, $18 |
Demeter and Persephone Includes a choral recitation. Part of our 5th grade curriculum. See here for more information. 11 pages, $5.50 |
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Rama and Sita Longer than our other plays, this 5-8 part play is suitable for children of age 10 and up. It is part of our 5th grade Ancient Mythology bundle. 24 pages, $7
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The Selfish Giant Adapted by Donna Simmons from the wonderful short story by Oscar Wilde with notes on how to create the right mood for such a play and music suggestions. 20 pages, $7.00 |
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The Bremen Town Musicians A short play adapted from the Grimms fairy tale with additional notes on the Waldorf approach to drama. 19 pages, $7.00 |
The Magic of Patience: A Jataka Tale A very short play with four parts - for elementary school-age children. With an introduction to the pedagogical use of the four temperaments. 12 pages, $5.50 |
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Customers who wish to mail their order to us should send a check or money order in US$ made out to Christopherus Homeschool Resources to the following address:
Christopherus Homeschool Resources
P.O. Box 231
Viroqua, WI 54665
Wisconsin residents should add 5.5% sales tax to the cost of their books.
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Shipping and Handling US orders: Choose either Standard Shipping (estimated 10-15 days from day of order) or Priority (4-7 days)
Canada & Mexico: You pay only US Priority rates. However, you may have customs charges to pay on your end. Other International: Orders ship either First Class or Priority depending upon size. We heavily subsidize our charges for international orders:
Audio Downloads: these are downloaded directly to your computer and naturally there is no shipping and handling charge! |
Returns Policy
If you receive your books and decide that one or more of them was a mistaken purchase, please contact us within 7 days to arrange to return your unwanted purchase. Obviously, any book will need to be returned in the condition in which you received it and we will fully refund the cost of the book but not the shipping and handling charge. We regret that we are unable to accept returns from customers outside of North America.